From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 6 19:34:46 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0685F13104DE for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:34:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 128F47C7D2 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:34:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.252.129]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1N4i3d-1hW02K3Ha3-011glN; Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:34:31 +0100 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 20:34:30 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Paul Schmehl Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Advice on backups Message-Id: <20181206203430.a303b7c8.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20181206025602.8843eb11.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:DwdazjRc5NMZh0FhfMzvIlnLUM5Rjfxwce3TwTAH+0muCCKz9Vg GLenSsZPJUgVTNZmm+cf9EVTKNNG2yI7ODr7VSiY0SndhiIcaJ7UzLpRja55uo/b8OZn13b 0p5KgVfp5ebI/ZXVSZrY4cR26TeywlM2fyEPfODZpYuasqxdihzJGjumjq+0MxOlj7JjsW+ pmgNn2I6uQdnfkOAmLxsQ== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:xwSyfVTyQl0=:9lRp+hDT4RET6xaujRM4db LKp+ncyEQC3/HtXGufWmCnMJTXW35OOXSsJ/FcfRVJgo87FVAYXoj3UDq4DPC6XN+D/arY8yt 0Sfk1MWswFS7JQ64n/vPEFat/yDmyZFOUC0S7BApvQMPMhs5kPCT4voaKNZJoEoCn4Xik5pzT xzTtzlkroV2/aljhZcMR4MiF9MC9pqm58DgO2xFlgxUSvJuo4PeuKlwVJh79ZG6dnPOnjaOho shackCLGSGKm1TvUvJMzUgeaDEVeOuPhg9XJk/BEJx7d7ielsB9yTUwWwR8J6X3UrgIGQw+Jm 8k8FgjcvnUqCS5GSfT+58YJtEM6mPJtQmBWIS4mbLYRJCtckzDpqr6WtaxhxgjHbyKukpp7vI BG0Et6zQPzWxI3IZfG7R/LkVZfyYtUcDz3RxesM+GuVL55XKcypc9iVDqMcBN7IBZtDT44wpP SjpT5EJ13QwkacZHjULit1jQPYUPkMZ7YDTPd1fpREvodPi9YALd7PhhVC6N4g5iEuPRSSR2O vQOFK2daLzOH848A5bJu2FrtyMtz269ZW69kOMtH4JtOPX8nL/ZLSoqSJNTjQUOcMueC5QJaH qaTYJe6Eok8s+0+BiEzcxsda3o+gmyuw2KnvbJEsysfszPpVkRAh2X+4eGwlGbXCLRsxlov2A YNgvLs7IqXF2jW13AJRCNPB4QLeaCKde9a92Eob2t/LN1PPuAoxP/EWS9w9pA2NK9LL5FmsJq QIERgbn+zyExwh5yw9fmJK9iNn76mVA3g2Or82XNR4P5/qP5gjEFNdHUTfg= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 128F47C7D2 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.07 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mx01.schlund.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[129.252.193.92.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE]; IP_SCORE(0.06)[ipnet: 217.72.192.0/20(0.38), asn: 8560(-0.07), country: DE(-0.01)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.86)[-0.859,0]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.39)[0.392,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.91)[-0.912,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[74.192.72.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:34:46 -0000 On Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:28:32 -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Thanks for your suggestions. I use CVS on all conf files, so those are > captured in the tarballs since they reside under the conf directories. Really? _That_ CVS? So I'm not the only remaining user... ;-) > I'll take a look at dump and restore. One concern I have is that I'm > creating the backups on the system, so use of space during the process is a > consideration. With dump, you can do full and incremental backups. Those tools are provided by the OS, so you don't need any specific external service. Being independent from 3rd party services is something I consider very important and useful. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...